Böcker av Tukumbi Lumumba-Kasongo

Most people, and indeed governments, hold the conviction that reforms, rather than revolutions, are likely to produce more appropriate and acceptable results. This is especially true for developing countries. That is because reforms are gradual in their implementation and respectful to past policy fabrics of a society. On the other hand, the simultaneous spread of communication technology, global liberalization of the market, and peripheral homogenization of cultures, have caused extreme tensions in just these developing countries. In this book, scholars from different countries around the world highlight the reforms and the tensions, in the light of the questions: what has been achieved, what has failed, and what is still needed? Experiences from such diverse locations as Nigeria, Ghana, Guatemala, South Korea, Taiwan, Zimbabwe, and Tanzania are combined with more general observations from other countries.

This work advances the understanding of the concepts of power, ideology, governance, citizenship, democracy, constitutions, and the corporate foundation of the state. It looks at historical, sociological, and political concerns in developing countries and the industrial world.

This work is an examination of the nature and significance of the interactions between African states and the industrial countries within the world system, and how these interactions are shaped by the actors' historical location and by what they offer economically and culturally.

Lumumba-Kasongo examines those forces that contributed to the fate of multiparty democracy in Africa. Lumumba-Kasongo challenges the existing paradigms on democracy and development, so the book is of considerable interest to scholars and policy makers involved with African politics and socio-economic development.